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Department of Human Services Mental Health System August 14, 2017 Department of Human Services Mental Health System The Department of Human Services oversees and funds Pennsylvania’s mental health system, which includes state mental hospitals and community mental health programs. State mental hospitals are operated directly by the department and community mental health programs are administered by the counties. The Mental Health and Intellectual Disability Act of 1966 (MH/ID Act of 1966) establishes responsibilities for state and county government, identifies mandated services, defines eligibility, and creates procedures for commitment to state facilities. The Mental Health Procedures Act of 1976 further defines the procedures for voluntary and involuntary treatment in state mental hospitals. Over the past 50 years, the state hospital population has dropped from nearly 35,100 in 1966 to 1,409 as of July 2016. This deinstitutionalization is the result of changes in commitment laws (which provide strict admission criteria and expedite patient discharges) and the development of community treatment programs (which allow individuals to receive necessary services and avoid hospitalization). An estimated 205,000 Pennsylvanians (who are not Medicaid eligible) receive community mental health services through the county-run programs. The state budget provides funding to state mental hospitals and community mental health programs under the Mental Health Services appropriation. Approximately 60 percent of all funding is budgeted for community programs and 40 percent for the state hospitals. State Mental Hospitals The state mental hospital system is currently comprised of seven facilities, which include six state hospitals and one restoration center. Only adults are in the state hospital system -- children and adolescents are treated in community-based facilities. All seven facilities are certified by Medicaid and Medicare. Consequently, they must meet and maintain federal standards related to services, physical environment, and client health and safety. The six regional hospitals are: Clarks Summit (Lackawanna County), Danville (Montour County), Norristown (Montgomery County), Torrance (Westmoreland County), Warren (Warren County) and Wernersville (Berks County). All state hospitals provide general psychiatric inpatient treatment for adults with serious mental illness who require extended treatment. Two of these hospitals – Norristown and Torrance – operate regional forensic psychiatric units that offer specialized treatment programs for mentally ill adult offenders and defendants. The forensic units assess whether an individual is mentally able to stand for trial and treat convicted individuals whose illness cannot be managed in a county prison. Additionally, Torrance provides mental health and sex- offense specific treatment for adults who have been adjudicated of certain sex-related crimes. The Restoration Center at South Mountain (Franklin County) provides licensed skilled nursing and intermediate long-term care services to elderly former residents of state hospitals who now require nursing home care. The current capacity of the seven facilities in the state hospital system is 1,568. This includes 1,107 in the civil units of the six state hospitals, 237 in the forensic units at Torrance State Hospital and Norristown State Hospi- tal, 65 in the Sexual Responsibility and Treatment Program at Torrance State Hospital, and 159 in the Restora- tion Center at South Mountain. As of July 2016, there were 1,490 individuals in the state hospital system. The table below compares the popu- lation and staffing census for each of the facilities in July 2014 and July 2016. During this two-year period, the total number of residents has declined 2.4 percent and the staffing levels decreased 3.2 percent. See “state hospitals” On January 11, 2017, the Department of Human Services announced its plan to convert Norristown State Hospital into the Southeast Forensic Treatment Center within the next 18 to 24 months. The department will close the traditional civil section of the hospital and repurpose those beds for forensic treatment services. This initiative will expand and broaden the array of forensic services offered at Norristown while allowing more people (who receive traditional psychiatric services) to live in the community. The department will use the next 18 to 24 months to ensure current Norristown residents move to appropriate settings with appropriate services; those individuals who can safely move to community-based programs will be discharged and all other residents will be transferred to another state hospital. Since 2005, three state hospitals have been closed: Harrisburg State Hospital on January 26, 2006; Mayview State Hospital on December 29, 2008; and Allentown State Hospital on December 31, 2010. Community Mental Health Services County Mental Health/Intellectual Disability (MH/ID) offices administer community mental health programs. Pennsylvania has 48 single and multi-county MH/ID offices that serve the 67 counties. The county offices determine a person's eligibility for service funding, assess the need for treatment or other services, and make referrals to appropriate programs. Most services are delivered by local mental health providers under contracts with the counties. The MH/ID Act requires counties to establish mental health programs with nine mandated services, including: short-term inpatient treatment, partial hospitalization, outpatient care, 24-hour emergency services, rehabilitation and training, and aftercare services for persons released from state mental hospitals. House Appropriations Committee (D) 717-783-1540 www.hacd.net [email protected] Mental Health System: Primer August 14, 2017 Page 2 Pennsylvania targets community services to adults with serious mental illnesses and to children/adolescents with or at-risk of serious emotional disturbances. Inpatient psychiatric care provides short-term 24-hour evaluation, care and treatment services to individuals in severe distress. The treatment objective is to stabilize the crisis so that an individual may return safely to the community. Partial hospitalization services are provided daily to individuals suffering moderate emotional or mental dis- orders. In partial hospitalization, the individual resides in the community and spends the day at the treat- ment center. Services include group therapy, individual therapy, and medication management. Outpatient psychiatric services are provided periodically (such as weekly or monthly) to individuals suffering minimal to moderate distress. Services include counseling, therapy, psychiatric evaluation, and medication reviews. Emergency and crisis interventions assure the safety of individuals. These services include telephone coun- seling for individuals experiencing moderate to severe distress and 24-hour intervention for people experi- encing severe emotional distress. Community mental health services also include: case management to assure individuals receive needed ser- vices; employment and training programs for adults; residential living arrangements such as personal care homes, group homes and supervised apartments; and family supports such as respite care and family-based mental health services that enable families to care for their child at home. Community Hospital Integration Program Projects Community Hospital Integration Project Program (CHIPP) links community programs to the state hospital sys- tem. The objective is to move state hospital patients, who no longer require inpatient psychiatric treatment, into more appropriate community-based programs. CHIPP is designed to assure that counties have the neces- sary residential and treatment services to support discharged patients. As patients are discharged from the state mental hospitals, the department closes hospital beds and transfer state hospital funds to the county programs. Community services developed with CHIPP funds are not only available to discharged patients, but also to indi- viduals residing in the community who would likely be hospitalized if CHIPP services were not available. Thus, CHIPP creates additional community-based service capacity that avoids unnecessary hospital utilization, there- by facilitating more predictable planning for future state hospital needs. Since CHIPP’s inception in 1991/92, the department reports that 3,290 patients were discharged from the state hospitals and $262 million of CHIP funding has been transferred to community programs through 2015/16. For each person discharged, the department estimates an additional four to five people receive CHIPP-funded community services. The current Olmstead plan for Pennsylvania’s state mental health system requires the department to request funding for at least 90 CHIPP discharges each fiscal year. As hospital beds close, funding will continue to be re- directed from the state hospitals to community programs. Implementation of the Olmstead plan will decrease reliance on institutional care, ultimately leading to the continued consolidation and/or closure of state hospi- tals. (See box on page 4 regarding the Olmstead Supreme Court Decision) House Appropriations Committee (D) 717-783-1540 www.hacd.net [email protected] Mental Health System: Primer August 14, 2017 Page 3 The Olmstead Supreme Court Decision In its landmark Olmstead v. L.C. decision, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that medically unnecessary institutionalization of people with disabilities is a form of discrimination under the American with Disabilities Act. The 1999 Olmstead
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